Mary was married to William Riley Jones, who served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. In the letter John and Nancy thank Mary for her letter, ask for more news, and send their "love and respectes to all...
McMath was killed at Frazier's Farm on June 30, 1862, during the the Seven Days' Battles. In the diary, written in 1861 and 1862, he discusses topics such as camp life (including marches and drills); illnesses affecting the soldiers; and troop...
The first few entries were written before the war; they discuss Wilson's work as a clerk in a cotton house and his social life in Mobile. Most of the diary, however, focuses on his military service during the Civil War. He describes camp life and...
In the diary Willett discusses enlistment; camp life; the procurement of equipment and supplies; the health, background, and fate of the men in his company; his participation in a court martial committee; and troop movements and campaigns...
In the diary Armstrong discusses camp life and troop movements through Tennessee and Georgia; he also includes brief notes and muster rolls. He copied some entries several times, and these are intermixed with the originals.
The notebook contains poetry, notes, sketches, regimental rosters, receipts for supplies, loose letters, and the pass issued to Wilson at Appomattox Court House at the end of the war.
In the diary Armstrong discusses camp life and troop movements through Tennessee and Georgia. He copied some entries several times, and these are intermixed with the originals.
At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...
Jordan wrote the diary in the form of a letter to his wife, Julia. In it he discusses daily life in his regiment; their camp at the University of Tennessee in Nashville; the discovery of a woman posing as a soldier; speculations about the length of...
In the diary he describes the troop movements of the "Mobile Rifles" after the regiment was formed in 1861; traveling to Lynchburg, Virginia; the enthusiasm for secession in Alabama and Virginia; his term of service at Norfolk, Virginia; social...
This volume contains records of the company, including a muster roll; records of deaths during various periods of time; clothing accounts of individual members of the company, as well as those who received transportation; and other items of...